My worldview has collapsed already several times. I've since realized that this is a natural phenomenon and I'm consciously shaping it before it collapses again. I consider this process as a personality development. 

The very first worldview collapse is usually experienced as a young child. This is something what some may never forgive their parents for, others, even after a processing, find it difficult to forgive. Such a worldview collapse occurs if it turns out that the parent lied or failed (or refused) to protect the child; in short, the parent - who is responsible for the child's security - turns out not to be omnipotent but a weak person, who is existing in a state of doubt, uncertainty and fear. Subsequently, in the individual's life, there are many more collapses, which may be linked to the partner, friends, ideologies and ideological systems. These are disappointments that require a reorganization of one's perception of the world and one's place in it. A bubble bursts, and it turns out that the world outside the bubble is different from what it looked like inside. 

Then there are collective, group worldview collapses. There are many of these in science, to name the most famous, the Sun does not revolve around the Earth. Such was the election of 3 April 2022 in Hungary for some people, but such was the case 2000 years ago for the Jews when someone said - and insisted, even at the cost of crucifixion - that he was the Son of God.

In order to understand what happens when an individual or collective worldview collapse, we must first look at how does a worldview come into being? A worldview is a model created by humanity from previous individual or collective experiences. It is taken up by the individual's mind-consciousness. At the earliest it is loaded by parents as a starting operation system to start the mind-computer of their child. This worldview needs to be developed as the environment changes around us, and the individual modifies it through external influences with varying degrees of success, if they can find the right information. 

What are the barriers to develop further the worldview model? 

- There is no demand. My grandfather knew it so and he was fine with it. Then the personality does not feel the urge to change his/her worldview. This is most common in closed communities where traditions are very strong. The disadvantage is that the community and the individual adapt poorly or too slowly to the changing world, and thus lag behind in social evolution, and may even fall out of evolution. This is the case, for example, of the North American Indians, who have omitted to integrate and they have been exterminated, or of certain sections of the Roma population, who are lagging behind in social development. 

- Closed box effect. The individual develops a worldview that is different from the rest of society and does not integrate it into the overall social worldview. In such cases, the parental model is overwritten, but the new one is not linked to a group consciousness. This is the case of geniuses and madmen. This includes autistic people. Disadvantage: if an individual model cannot be integrated into society, or no effort is made to integrate it, society will judge the worldview as superfluous, disadvantageous, and react by excluding and isolating the individual.  

- Strong group consciousness. Everyone in the group to which the individual belongs thinks alike. In this case, the group's community worldview is accepted by the individual. If the group becomes large enough, in a mutually reinforcing process, they believe that their worldview is right and everyone else's is wrong (e.g. groups with different gender identities). Disadvantage: this can result in the group being excluded by the majority of society, or if the group try to force the social acceptance, it can result in the community approach turning against them over time. Indeed, if a group forces acceptance of its viewpoint, it does not mean that the approach has been effectively integrated.

What do the worldviews that have been formed in this way have in common?

That they all derive from illusions, insofar as they are created by mind-consciousness and the higher consciousness has not reviewed the model and its applicability. But to develop higher consciousness, one must work, and even find and learn the methods by which it can be developed. Since the mind-consciousness itself does not think of itself that it needs to evolve, its evolution will come about through the collapse of own worldview. This means that individuals and groups will interact and fight each other; political, economic, social and religious ideologies will clash, which may result in sacrifices, crises and wars. We are witnessing this in our environment. Only worldview models created with the highest consciousness will endure. Spiritual enlightenment itself, also is the result of a worldview collapse. 

A concrete example 

The children learn the story of two stubborn goats who meet on a bridge and neither wants to let go the other. If we look at the Russian-Ukrainian war, for example, from a divine perspective, this is essentially what is happening. If one is not reconciled to the divine perspective, then substitute an Alien (coming from Andromeda fog) who, from his own perspective, looks at it in amazement what these idiots are doing? Both sides stubbornly cling to their own partial truths and give no room for the other's partial truths, and it ends in failure for both sides, and even endangers the wider environment. It is the same context that underlies the struggle between interest groups with opposing points of view (e.g. LGBTQX and opponents, or opposing political or religious systems). 

What would collapse if someone accepted the partial truth of the other side? Ego, self-centeredness. The illusory consciousness that only "I" can be right, and everyone else who sees and perceives reality differently is a stupid player in the collective game who must be exterminated and eliminated. However, the research of thousands of years of wisdom shows that the "other" cannot be permanently eradicated, because it is reproduced, replaced by another person, group or people. Because that is the nature of our reality, because difference is the driving force of development, and sameness creates permanence, where development stops. If one does not consciously strive to improve one's outlook on the world, one is forced to change by external circumstances, by collapses. However, it is always advisable to build on existing traditions, because if this is not done, change will be too rapid and the response will be resistance and struggle. 

This, the collapsing worldview is, one of the tarot cards, the Tower. The meaning of this cosmic path of initiation is that everything that the individual has been clinging to with his/her Ego-consciousness is collapsing. Everything that he/she has held as valuable is destroyed, lost; nothing that he/she has held as true is no longer true, and in his/her frustration the whole personality becomes disillusioned with everything, escapes into alcohol, drugs, depression, and ultimately even suicide. But this initiation path is part of the game of life, only if one doesn't understand it, thinks that everything is over, because one cannot live as would like or as has lived. 

Indeed. We have to change inside and outside. Once we pass the test, the door opens for us to move on.

Margaret Rhasoda Varga
UCCM head-master
2022. Budapest, Hungary